Automotive
Cheshire > Chester
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies in Chester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 12 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Automotive | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester | - | - | 5.06% |
| As % of the General category | - | - | 6.78% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £563 | £600 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -6.25% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £33.60 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £34.50 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £35.00 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £35.56 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £36.58 |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | £29.00 | - | £35.00 |
All General Skills
Chester
Automotive falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Chester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills | 69 | 59 | 59 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester | 81.18% | 84.29% | 74.68% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25 | 17 | 33 |
| 10th Percentile | £190 | £513 | £380 |
| 25th Percentile | £513 | £552 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £603 | £610 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.23% | +10.91% | +37.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £738 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £758 | £743 | £673 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £447 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.60% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.61 | £14.58 | £17.43 |
| 25th Percentile | £12.75 | £16.00 | £30.54 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.50 | £35.00 | £34.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.86% | +2.94% | +47.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £37.19 | - | £35.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £38.08 |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | £18.87 | £26.00 | £30.54 |
| % change year-on-year | -27.42% | -14.87% | +85.09% |
Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Job postings citing Automotive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.
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Daily Rate Trend in Chester
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Automotive.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Chester
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Automotive.
